64 DICTIONARY OF 
Hoary (incanus) covered on one or both sides with a very 
fine white silvery looking ‘substance. 
Hottow (cavus) as is a straw. 
Honey-comsep (favosum, alveolatum) a receptacle divided 
into cells, open at the top, with a seed in each cell. - 
Hownry-cup, see Nectary. ; 
HoopDED, see cone-shaped. —- 
Hoor-sHaPep (ungulatus.) a. 
Hoox (hamus) a thorn or a bristle is sometimes hooked at the 
end. 
Horizontat (horizontalis) a leaf or branch which ‘grows 
from the stem pointing to the horizon, and parallel to the 
surface of the earth. PI. 9. f. 5. (d. d.) 
Horn-suaperp (cornutus) like the Nectary or spur ‘of the: 
Larkspur. Pi. 5. f. 4. 4a.) 
Huwncuep, see bulging. 
Husk (gluma) the Calyx and: the blofsoms 51 Grafses are 
called husks; they are thin, dry, and semi-transparent, 
like chaff; a husk consists of one or more leaves, called 
Valves, and, when contiguous to other parts of the flower, 
inclosing the Stamens, and Pistils, answers the; purpose 
‘of a Blofsom: but, when placed on the outer side, and 
inclosing the inner valves, as well as the Stamens and 
Pistils, it is called the Calyx. ‘This kind of Calyx fre-— 
quently contains several florets. See the plate of Gra/ses. 
Hysripa, a plant produced by the Pollen of one flower fer- 
tilizing or impregnating the Germen of another flower, of 
a different species. These productions are — Hybrids, 
or Mules. 
HyYPocraTERIFORMIS, salver-shaped. 
JaccED (laciniatus) Leaves; such as are variously divided 
~ Into lobes, -and these lobes again divided in an irregular 
manner. The'Pansie is an instance. PI. 7. f. 242. 
Tcosanprra, 20-stamened; the name of the 12th Clafs in 
the Linnwan System, but now incorporated with the Clafs 
Polyandria. 
Iusersis, beardlefs. 
ImBricatus, tiled. 
impERrecr (imperfectus) flowers, such as want either Anther 
or Pistil, or both. “ 
IN £QUALIs, “unequal. ‘ “eg : 
In awis, pithy. 
Incanvs, hoary. © 
Inca (pollex) see measure, 
{ncisus, snipt. 
Incirvans, leaning. 
incLuDENSs, inclosing. 
Incrusus, inclosed. . 3 od Speed 
IxcomPLetus, incomplete. 
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